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17-year-old's death in custody ruled a homicide by Sedgwick County (KS) medical examiner
https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article256870907.htmlAn autopsy has determined that a 17-year-old foster child who died after being restrained in a Wichita juvenile detention facility was killed. The Sedgwick County medical examiner ruled Cedric “CJ” Lofton’s death a homicide, saying in an autopsy report that the teen died from “complications of cardiopulmonary arrest sustained after physical struggle while restrained in the prone position.”
A partial narrative of events from early Sept. 24 included in the autopsy report indicates Lofton had been lying face down for as many as 39 minutes when juvenile facility staff realized he had no pulse. The document says he was shackled and handcuffed.
Lofton, who was 5 foot 10 and 135 pounds, died at a Wichita hospital two days later. Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett’s office will decide whether anyone involved will face criminal charges.
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The teen had run away from his foster home on Sept. 21 and showed back up there shortly before his foster father contacted authorities for help, saying the teen was having a mental breakdown and thought people were trying to kill him.
A partial narrative of events from early Sept. 24 included in the autopsy report indicates Lofton had been lying face down for as many as 39 minutes when juvenile facility staff realized he had no pulse. The document says he was shackled and handcuffed.
Lofton, who was 5 foot 10 and 135 pounds, died at a Wichita hospital two days later. Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett’s office will decide whether anyone involved will face criminal charges.
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The teen had run away from his foster home on Sept. 21 and showed back up there shortly before his foster father contacted authorities for help, saying the teen was having a mental breakdown and thought people were trying to kill him.
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